{"product_id":"finding-true-north-molly-rettig-9781602234437","title":"Finding True North: First-Hand Stories of the Booms That Built Modern Alaska","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelting sea ice and rumbling volcanoes. Sled dogs racing through unnamed valleys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese were the images that came to mind when Molly Rettig moved to Fairbanks, Alaska to work as a reporter at the local newspaper. An avid environmentalist, she couldn't wait to explore the vast, untamed spaces that had largely been paved over on the east coast. But when her 72-year-old neighbor, Clutch, invites her on a tour of his gold mine--an 800-foot tunnel blasted into the side of his house-she begins to question many of her ideas about Alaska, and about herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Finding True North, Rettig takes us on a gripping journey through Alaska's past that brings alive the state's magnificent country and its quirky, larger-than-life characters. She meets a trapper who harvests all she needs from the land, a bush pilot who taught himself how to fly, and an archaeologist who helped build an oil pipeline through pristine wilderness. While she learns how airplanes, mines, and oil fields have paved the way for newcomers like herself, she also stumbles upon a bigger question: what has this quest for Alaska's natural resources actually cost, and how much more is at stake?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about all the ways wild places teach us about ourselves. Rettig writes both playfully and honestly about how one place can be many things to many people--and how all of it can be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Molly Rettig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1602234434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781602234437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Alaska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021","brand":"Molly Rettig","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052438581503,"sku":"9781602234437","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1f87b78-ed8d-4fd6-bb06-5247df3472f3.jpg?v=1685018794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-true-north-molly-rettig-9781602234437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}